Healthcare Systems & Policy

Residents of Shelby Park have long bemoaned their lack of options for healthy and affordable food, and those who shopped at the Save-A-Lot will likely have to travel a mile farther.

Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism. 

Harm reduction seeks not to shame people who use drugs into giving them up, but simply to provide them with the tools and support to improve their health.

She is ‘still defending that vote’ to repeal the health law, says her Democratic rival for Congress.

Veteran health care business reporter Chad Terhune of KHN shares essential tips for delving into the finances of health care companies.

"What I heard, over and over again, were stories of physical violence in juvenile residential programs."

The Central Valley's Kern County reported a 30 percent rise in overdose deaths from 2016 to 2017, bucking the statewide decline in fatal overdoses.

While California has readily embraced the Affordable Care Act, thousands of uninsured or underinsured still turn out for a mega free clinic in Los Angeles every year. Here are a few of their stories.

Taxes on recreational marijuana "won't be a panacea," one First 5 official said, but advocates still hope they'll be directed toward early intervention and education.

How many deaths and needless suffering could be prevented if county jails had better health care systems?